Barack’s Salad Days

Time for Obama to hit one out of the park by linking this to some type of bold new policy on housing.
I recommend advocating a moratorium on forclosures or some other immediate relief. This would put an end to McCains campaign once and for all.

The Chicago Tribune reported that in 2002, the Obama’s had an income of $259,394 which ranked them in the top 2% of US households. That year the Obama’s only donated $1,050 to charity, or 0.4% of their income. The average US household in that year gave $1,872 in gifts to charity, according to the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University. The national average for charitable giving is 2.2% of household income. Obama’s tax returns from 1997 until he arrived in Washington in 2005 fell well below that benchmark.

Obama -
“We did a lot better after I was elected to the Senate and could earmark $1,000,000 to the hospital where Michelle worked. They tripled her $100,000+ salary to $300,000+. We then could afford to team up with Rezko and buy our modest million dollar home.”

Debra – It’s so interesting how Obama, in this article, says that 4 years ago they didn’t know how they were going to pay for their girls educations. He couldn’t figure that out on $259,000/year? Hmmm – if that’s the case, I definitely don’t want him telling me what to do with my money.

Ugh…I just heard a clip on CNN with Obama stealing Hillary’s words and populist stance…”I will get up every day and work for you”….blah, blah, blah. Does this guy ever have an original thought and not flip-flop?
McCAIN ’08/HILLARY ’12

Every time I hear and read what Obama said, it sounds so fake. He’s no doubt one of the greatest showman our country has ever seen.

It’s a good story.
In 2000, the Obamas reported an Adjusted Gross income of $240,505. If he feels he was struggling then, I suggest he reconsider his current tax plan. I’m certain he did not feel rich at that income level in Downtown Chicago, and I urge him to consider others in the same position.
Last year, he made $4 million and his adjusted gross income was $983,826. An additional 3% on that would be $29,514.78. Perhaps he wouldn’t notice that, but he is not asking for tax increases at people making only $4 million and above.
He paid a 28% tax rate, where his Shoneys waitress would be in the 15% tax bracket or lower, depending upon her deductions.
Finally, there is nothing about him paying a higher tax rate that gives the waitress an extra $3,000 in her pocket. The Bush tax cuts did not raise her rates, and rolling them back would not lower it.

Obama wants to be the President and send budgets, including tax policy, to congress for approval. Some people may actually vote for him thus expanding the definition of clueless beyond what was imaginable before he became a candidate.

Obama lies so much that I don’t believe anything he says.

So how many houses does mccain really have??? Is it any wonder that he is so out of touch with reality? Obama 2008!

The waitress at shoneys is not going to get a Felon to assist in her buy a home she can not afford.
The waitress at shoneys is not going to use affirmative action for college then complain about student loans.
The waitress at shoneys is not going to lie about her family and other things on TV, get caught in them and expect people to trust her, knowing she continues to lie.
Mr Obama is out of touch with himself. So there is not way he can be in touch with other people.
Mr obama has not done anything for the waitress at shoneys in the entire time he has been in a Government office. He voted Present on that day!

Ya think so, Mike? Maybe you should run out and buy a million dollar home that you can’t afford and then hope that Obama lets you keep it. The rest of us hard working Americans really want to subsidize you because you deserve it. (/sarcasm)

I don’t know, rodney. Let’s ask Chavez and all the Hollywood liberals what they think. K?

Obama didn’t need to give his money to charity he used taxpayers money to pay for projects close to his heart.
Government grants to Trinity church.
Thousands to Father Pfleger.
Thousands to his wife’s employer.
Wake up America. Obama isn’t the decent, humble, giving man he pretends to be.

Very telling post, Mr. rodney.

“Um, 2% of 20,000 isn’t 1000. Can’t Obama do simply math?”
Only if it was posted on the teleprompter.

FACT CHECK MCCAIN TAX PLANS WHEN HE SPOKE AT THE SATTLEBACK FORUM SOUNDS A LITTLE BUSHY TOO ME
Fact If you make 250,000 year and over an obama tax plan will raise your taxes
Fact If you make under 250,000 a year YOUR TAXES WILL NOT BE RAISED!!! for godsake people do your own research instead of beliving mcliar!!!!!

Rodney
cindy mccain is worth millions but she got a sweet deal under the bush tax plans us middleclass pay way more taxes than her no wonder mcliar is LYING ABOUT OBAMAS TAX PLANS mccains poor rich wifey will not get off so sweetly under an obama tax plan but with mccain tax plan she gets a sweet deal again!!! NO wonder they can afford 7 houses!!!

“cindy mccain is worth millions… NO wonder they can afford 7 houses!!!”
Is there a point hidden in there somewhere?

2% of the people pay 95% of the tax dollars collected already. Sounds pretty close Socialism to me.
How did we get by as a Nation for over 100 years with no income tax and no Social Security tax?
The more money the government has the more ways they find to spend it and give it away. It isn’t Congresses money, it is OUR money.
My husband and I make around $75,000 (combined) a year and learn to save money and not spend more than we earn. We put 2 kids through college and they have no student loans.

I think you should just take Cindy’s money and redistribute it to the needy. You know, like some of those poor people clinging to their guns and religion.

angies,
As much as I don’;t care for Cidy McCain, you are wrong. She is a certified Kindergarten teacher and was working as one when she started porking John McCain, LOL!

Angie -
Feeling foolish for your posts that Cindy McCain has never worked a day in her life?
That year, McCain founded a new organization, the Hensley Family Foundation, which donates monies towards children’s programs in Arizona and nationally,[10] and she was largely a stay-at-home mom during the balance of the 1990s.[18] She also held positions as vice president, director, and vice chair of Hensley & Co.[26][25

Angie -
Gosh, for someone who has never worked a day in her life, that Cindy McCain sure has achieved a lot.
She became actively involved with Operation Smile in 2001,[44] taking parts in trips with it to Morocco, Vietnam, and India.[44] She was honored by the organization in 2005,[44] and sits on its board of directors.[29] She joined the board of directors of CARE in 2005.[29] She is on the board of the HALO Trust,[29] and has visited operations to remove landmines in Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Mozambique, and Angola.[14] She makes financial contributions to these organizations via her family trust,[15] and views her role on them as watching them in the field and to ensure they are frugal and their money is being spent effectively.[42] On occasion she has criticized foreign regimes on human rights grounds, such as Myanmar’s military junta.[45]

Angie, first off perhaps you should try a reading comprehension course. I said Cindy’s FAMILY did the hard work. But Cindy herself has traveled the world over (at one point she was on 50+ missions in over about 7 years)to help children and more specifically she has directly “lift the child in Bangladesh from poverty” (you’ll probably need to look up that quote to get the joke), actually technically she’s done it twice. Obama seems hard press to visit the woman who raised him more then once a year. Then there is the fact her first job was in the field of special education working with children who had down syndrome. Is that what you consider an easy job Angie? Just seeing where you draw the line, or is hard work writing letters so a slum lord can get more victims?
Cindy herself has suffered through addiction and a stroke, yet keeps up her charitable work which might not be physically demanding but I cannot imagine its mentally relaxing either.

I am still going to vote for McCain. Most people are sick and tired of the Obama games

Wasn’t that part of Obama’s “community organizer” job, susie? LOL.

SUSIE
You know what is scary the thought of mccain the war monger obsessed with war singing bomb bomb iran wants to stay in iraq BECOMING PRESIDENT THAT SENDS CHILLS DOWN MY SPINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! mccain claims he knows how to win wars WHAT WAR HAS HE WON??? MCCAIN WILL START WARS TO CLAIM HE CAN WIN THEM AND TO BE IN CONTROL OF THEM MCCAIN IS A VERY DANGEROUS SCARY MAN NOW THATS SCARY!!!! NOT WHAT OBAMA DID IN HIS COLLEGE YEARS BUT WHAT MCCAIN WILL DO IN THE FUTURE!!

you can’t even admit you were caught lying that Cindy McCain never worked a day in her life.
You know, if you have to lie to push your agenda or candidate, it says an awful lot about you and doesn’t promote your candidate one iota. But carry on — the more you talk the more amusing you become.

Susie – LOL. Very good. And so true.

Angie -
What is really scary is Obama can’t stand up to Nutty Nancy Pelosi or Panty waist Harry Reid. How is going to stand up to Putin and Terriosts?
“oh please, oh please, Mr. Terriost be our friend.”
Obama wants to redribute wealth — he is a Communist.

so why do the Obama have most of their investments in TAX-FREE bonds?

“As an advocate for children’s health care needs, Cindy founded and ran the American Voluntary Medical Team (AVMT) from 1988 to 1995. AVMT provided emergency medical and surgical care to impoverished children throughout the world. Cindy led 55 medical missions to third world and war-torn countries during AVMT’s seven years of existence. On one of those missions to Mother Teresa’s orphanage, Cindy was convinced to take two babies in need of medical attention to the United States. One of those babies is now their adopted daughter, 16-year-old Bridget McCain.
In recent years, three organizations in particular have been the subject of her international focus: HALO, Operation Smile, and CARE.
As a member of the Board of Trustees for the HALO Trust, a non-profit organization dedicated to landmine removal and weapons destruction in war-torn countries, Cindy has traveled to numerous countries to see firsthand the impact HALO has had by removing landmines. She recently returned from her second visit to Cambodia. She has also traveled to Sri Lanka, Mozambique, and Angola.
Cindy also serves on the Board of Directors for Operation Smile, a non-profit organization whose mission is to repair cleft lips, cleft palates and other facial deformities for children around the world. Since 1982, Operation Smile has provided free reconstructive surgery to more than 100,000 children and young adults in 25 countries. Cindy has assisted on volunteer missions to Morocco, India, and Vietnam. She is scheduled to return to Vietnam on another mission during the summer of 2008.”
Angie, please post Michelle’s resume. Thanks in advance.

That’s a touching story there Barack. Now why don’t you put your words into action and help support your half brother who lives in poverty. It will only take $20/month to improve his life greatly. Maybe cut down on your arugala to balance it off.

Obama scares those who want to maintain the status quo because for them, times aren’t that hard. They’ve gotten “drunk” under the Bush administration. For them, Obama’s tax plan is pretty sobering.
McCain’s tax cut for the rich (above 2.87 million): -4.4%.
Obama’s tax increase for the rich (above 2.87 million): +11.5%
Obama’s tax cut for the poor (up to 18,981): -5.5%.
McCain’s tax cut for the poor (up to 18,981: -0.2%
Most of Obama’s tax cuts go to those making under $66k, or 60% of taxpayers.
More money in the pockets of middle and lower income earners will be spent here in the U.S. More money in the pockets of the wealthy will go wherever they want it to go.

It is interesting that being “blessed” means, to Sen. Obama, having more money!

Inquisitor.
We already have corporate socialism.
To the poor we say: “Get a job!” To Wall Street we say: “How much do you need?”

Is the topic of individual tax rates too deep? One more chance, do you or do you not advocate higher taxes for the upper income bracket? If so, why, how much higher, and how does that meld with our founding father’s intentions?